Revelations of Siberia, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1853 |
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... least movement of the head or body , striking against the glass beads , keeps up an incessant jingle , not unlike that of the Cracovian horse- harness . This kind of head - gear is exceedingly cumbersome and heavy , and constrained the ...
... least movement of the head or body , striking against the glass beads , keeps up an incessant jingle , not unlike that of the Cracovian horse- harness . This kind of head - gear is exceedingly cumbersome and heavy , and constrained the ...
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... least of their horrible ugliness is concealed . An occurrence took place in the church during the funeral , illustrative of the ideas and manners prevailing among the people of Berezov . There was a Russian woman residing in the town ...
... least of their horrible ugliness is concealed . An occurrence took place in the church during the funeral , illustrative of the ideas and manners prevailing among the people of Berezov . There was a Russian woman residing in the town ...
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... least danger . This is the more to be wondered at , as the Ostiaks are generally very remiss in accumulating provisions for winter ; and it often happens , in seasons of failure in hunting and fishing , their only means of subsistence ...
... least danger . This is the more to be wondered at , as the Ostiaks are generally very remiss in accumulating provisions for winter ; and it often happens , in seasons of failure in hunting and fishing , their only means of subsistence ...
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... least reconciled me to existence . When that aid has been wanting , I have felt an insupportable weakness , and been ready to sink under the load of hardship . At such times I would exclaim : " Oh , God ! if by this despondency I should ...
... least reconciled me to existence . When that aid has been wanting , I have felt an insupportable weakness , and been ready to sink under the load of hardship . At such times I would exclaim : " Oh , God ! if by this despondency I should ...
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... the part of his wife , who was very mild and obedient , and had never before opposed his wishes , put him in such a rage , that without the VOL . II . E least regard to her state of health , he snatched OF SIBERIA . 49.
... the part of his wife , who was very mild and obedient , and had never before opposed his wishes , put him in such a rage , that without the VOL . II . E least regard to her state of health , he snatched OF SIBERIA . 49.
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Стр. 281 - ... these northern latitudes, or the sun, notwithstanding its obliquity, acts more powerfully upon it than near the equator ; for I have never felt its direct rays so oppressive within the tropics as I have experienced them to be on some occasions in the high latitudes. The luxury of bathing at such times is not without alloy ; for, if you choose the mid-day, you are assailed in the water by the Tabani, who draw blood in an instant with their formidable lancets ; and if you select the morning or...
Стр. 280 - The power of the sun, this day, in a cloudless sky, was so great, that Mr. Rae and I were glad to take shelter in the water while the crews were engaged on the portages. The irritability of the human frame is either greater in these northern latitudes, or the sun, notwithstanding its obliquity, acts more powerfully upon it than near the equator ; for I have never felt its direct rays so oppressive within the tropics as I have experienced them to be on some occasions in the high latitudes.